Definition of rescue

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Rescue (v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained..

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Ransom :: Ransom (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy..
Rescous :: Rescous (n.) Rescue; deliverance.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc..
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon..
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
Rescussor :: Rescussor (n.) One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer.
Rescued :: Rescued (imp. & p. p.) of Rescu.
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation..
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
Save :: Save (a.) To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames..
Rescat :: Rescat (v. t.) To ransom; to release; to rescue.
Save :: Save (a.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life..
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained..
Rescous :: Rescous (n.) See Rescue, 2..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To rescue; to deliver.
Rescuable :: Rescuable (a.) That may be rescued.
Re-demption :: Re-demption (n.) The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo..
Rescue :: Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction..
Deliverer :: Deliverer (n.) One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.
Depauperize :: Depauperize (v. t.) To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty.
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